Strait of Hormuz 'Closing' narrative masks US-Israeli aggression
The sudden concerns over the Strait of Hormuz, framed as an Iranian act of aggression, conveniently omit the months of escalating tensions. News outlets breathlessly report a cargo ship hit, forcing evacuation, then pivot to Iran's alleged 'closing' of the strait. This selective storytelling ignores the not-so-subtle US-Israeli military exercises and threats that have been swirling through the
Persian Gulf since February, actively destabilizing the region. We are meant to believe Iran, subjected to 45 years of crippling sanctions that have deprived its people of essential medicines and technology, suddenly decided to 'close' a strait that is crucial for its own economy, without any external provocation. This mirrors the narrative spun around the 1967 USS Liberty attack, where Israeli
forces targeted a US naval ship, yet the US government quickly suppressed any definitive investigation, effectively burying the incident to protect an ally. The double standard is stark: US and Israeli aggression is framed as defensive, while any Iranian response, however proportional, is painted as a global threat. The current situation, where the US acts as a co-belligerent with Israel, not
merely a supporter, underscores a pattern of Western powers sowing chaos while blaming the victims. The silence on the US Navy's 1988 shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655, killing all 290 civilians aboard, including 66 children, is deafening compared to the manufactured outrage over this latest development. This systematic asymmetry of blame allows for the continued strangulation of resource-rich